Shakira Will Close FIFA With “La La La (Brazil 2014)”

SHAKIRA TO PERFORM “LA LA LA (BRAZIL 2014)” FEATURING CARLINHOS BROWN AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP™

Shakira will perform her newest single, “La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown, at the closing ceremony of the FIFA World Cup™ on July 13, 2014. The single “La La La (Brazil 2014)” featuring Carlinhos Brown is available on ONE LOVE, ONE RHYTHM: THE OFFICIAL 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP™ALBUM.

This marks the third time Shakira will perform at the FIFA World Cup™, making her the first artist to have three consecutive performances at the global event. Her hit song “Waka Waka” was the last official song of the FIFA World Cup™ in 2010, and she performed her smash “Hips Don’t Lie” at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Berlin.

“I’m thrilled to be performing my song ‘La La La (Brazil 2014)’ at the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Closing Ceremony,” said Shakira. “I have an intricate relationship with football for obvious reasons, and I truly understand what the FIFA World Cup™means to so many people, myself included – it has this innate ability to awaken a passion in us and bring together people of all races, ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. For me the World Cup carries such a tremendous personal connection as well. This will be my third consecutive FIFA World Cup™ performance, and the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ changed my life forever — it’s where I began the love story of my life, and now have my son Milan as a result. For all of those reasons I just feel so grateful for the opportunity to come back to perform at the Closing Ceremony of this year’s FIFA World Cup™ in Brazil, it feels right. The fans have shown the most incredible support for this song and I can’t wait to perform it for them.”

Carlinhos Brown added, “The FIFA World Cup™has touched all of us, and there will be a moment we will miss this all. When the final match finishes, we again will thank everyone, since we still have many things to celebrate. The FIFA World Cup™in Brazil was a success.”

About Shakira:

Over the course of her career, Colombia singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Shakira has sold over 60 million records worldwide and has won numerous awards including two Grammys, eight Latin Grammys, four World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and five Billboard Music Awards, to name a few. She is the only artist from South America to have a number one song in the US, and has had four of the 20 top-selling hits of the last decade. At the age of 18, she founded the Pies Descalzos (Barefoot) Foundation which currently provides education and nutrition to over six thousand impoverished children in Colombia and is expanding its work to other countries, including newly launched projects in Haiti and South Africa. In October 2011, Shakira was named a member of President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Shakira served as a coach on the 4th season of “The Voice,” NBC’s hit reality vocal competition series that searches for the nation’s best voice and returned as a coach for Season 6.